seille

/\sɛj\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,308

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

seille is aFrenchnoun. It means: Bassine, munie d’oreilles dans lesquelles on passe une corde en guise d’anse et qui sert à transporter les liquides, en particulier, le mout tiré du pressoir. Pronounced \sɛj\. Often confused with seule and seine.

Key facts for seille
PropertyValue
Headwordseille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛj\
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,308
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of seille in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for seille is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɛj\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,308 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for seille, with forms such as "esille", "seile", and "seilel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "seule", "seine", "seize", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is seille, spelled S-E-I-L-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bassine, munie d’oreilles dans lesquelles on passe une corde en guise d’anse et qui sert à transporter les liquides, en particulier, le mout tiré du pressoir.
  2. 2
    Mesure de capacité d’environ 16 litres.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esille,seile,seilel,selile,sielle,sseille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for seille

Misspelling Variants of "seille"

esille6seile5seilel6selile6sielle6sseille7
Misspelling Variants of "seille"

Frequency rank: #45,308 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "seille"?
"seille" is spelled S-E-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛj\.
What does "seille" mean?
As a noun, "seille" means: Bassine, munie d’oreilles dans lesquelles on passe une corde en guise d’anse et qui sert à transporter les liquides, en particulier, le mout tiré du pressoir.
What words are commonly confused with "seille"?
"seille" is commonly confused with "seule", "seine", "seize". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seille" is \sɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seille" come from?
"seille" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.